Darlene Frieler

1951 - 2025

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday, April 28, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Cloud for Darlene Frieler, 74, of St. Cloud, who died Saturday, April 19, 2025, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud. The Rev. Jeremy Ploof will officiate, and burial will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls. Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. April 28 at the church in St. Cloud.
Darlene was born Jan. 22, 1951, in Melrose, Minnesota, to Leo and Bernetta (Loecken) Heinen and grew up on a farm in Spring Hill. She married Rodney Frieler May 19, 1973, in Spring Hill. Darlene has lived in the St. Cloud area all of her married life. She worked as an office manager for Prudential for 20 years and later for Donlin Company.
She is a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Cloud and was active in the Christian Mothers. She was also active in the Beaux & Bells Square Dance Club at Whitney.
Darlene enjoyed spending time square dancing, working on puzzles, baking with her granddaughters, cooking, gardening vegetables and flowers, vacationing and spending time with her family. She enjoyed traveling, especially cruises and bus trips with her family.
She is survived by her husband, Rodney, of St. Cloud; sons Robert of St. Cloud and Scott (Karey) of St. Cloud; sisters and brother Betty (Bill) Frieler of Greenwald, Linda (Melvin) Feldewerd of New Munich and Andrew (Judy) Heinen of Melrose; grandchildren Kaleigh (Simon) Berg-Arnold, Kaitlyn Gertsema, Rebekah Frieler, Hannah Frieler, Elizabeth Frieler and Gabriela Frieler; and great-grandchildren Theodore, Hazel and Josephine Berg-Arnold. She is preceded in death by her parents.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in St. Cloud.